Illegal vans have taken away some bus commuters by charging lower prices.
Nearly six million train and bus commuters have started using the first of the two types, known as Suica cards, since they were introduced 18 months ago.
Would the cow no longer be there to welcome my fellow express bus commuters each morning in his finery?
The station opened for service on August 5, 2010, and is estimated to serve around 10,000 bus commuters per day.
More than 200,000 train and bus commuters walk through each weekday.
The City Department of Transportation will begin a pilot program next month to speed the trip of bus commuters into Lower Manhattan.
Later on exemptions for carpools was abolished, because many private cars were picking up bus commuters just to avoid the payment.
The new lane, restricted to buses, vans and carpools, is expected to cut an average of 20 minutes off bus commuters' inbound trip.
Arnaud Cottier As a daily bus commuter I don't really see a point in bringing back the routemaster.
But New Jersey Transit, which says it transports 55,000 bus commuters through Newark each day (35,000 of them city residents), asked the Council yesterday to reconsider.